second
verb [T] /sɪˈkɒnd/
/-ˈkɑːnd/ UKDefinition
› to send an employee to work somewhere else temporarily, either to increase the number of workers or to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: During the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to the prison service.Promoting, demoting and transferring staff secondment /-mənt/ noun [C or U] UK › His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency.Promoting, demoting and transferring staff
(Definition of second verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggrandizement noun
- ascend verb (HIGHER POSITION)
- demote verb
- depute verb
- downgrade verb
- elevation noun (IMPORTANCE)
- exalt verb
- handover noun
- in the wilderness idiom
- install verb (PLACE)
- kick sb upstairs idiom
- promote verb (RAISE)
- relegate verb
- subordinate verb
- transfer noun (MOVE/CHANGE)
- transfer noun (SPORTS)
- transfer verb
- upshifter noun
- vault verb
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